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All technical debt is a risk to the product and to your business

Scrum.org

So why is so much of software opaque to the business? But, not all debt is bad!” I hear the phrase “but not all debt is bad” a lot, usually coupled with “some level of debt is manageable” and, as a software developer, it makes me cringe. On a two-yearly cadence, it takes four years to deliver on feature requests.

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“Agile Is Just for Software” and other Scrum Myths

Scrum.org

According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. That is why Scrum can be used in so many different contexts: because of its flexibility and the fact that Scrum provides just enough - but not too much - structure to enable teams to work together to deliver value.

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Unlocking the Power and Mastery of Development Approach and Life Cycle

Project Pulse Journal

Malinawan, PMP Navigating the complexities of modern project management demands a sophisticated comprehension of the Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain. This domain facilitates strategic alignment, optimized delivery cadence, methodology customization, increased flexibility, and improved risk management.

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Event Series: Practical Kanban with MS Project Agile

MPUG

The team pulls a feature or work item from the backlog based on the available capacity, executes the work, and when complete, delivers the work incrementally. The delivery is based on a cadence. In each delivery, we have analysis, design, development, testing, and so on. The emphasis in Kanban is primarily on the flow of work.

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A Review Of Scrum For Kanban Teams

Digite

In the most recent post in Steve Porter’s series, Yuval Yuret presents Scrum in a manner that is intended to educate Kanban teams. It also encourages everyone to review/adopt the values (in Scrum language) that can help software development teams succeed in building software. Disclaimer.

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Unleashing Agile: Empowering Agile Teams for Managers

Leading Agile

Empowering your teams isn’t about allowing them to make decisions in a vacuum and giving them free rein to do whatever they want. The days of providing a little guidance here, some methodology there, and letting the teams self-organize their way to success are behind us. What does it mean to empower teams?

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Beyond Mechanical Scrum

Scrum.org

The teams at his company had well established cadences for their Scrum events; well-oiled Daily Scrums that are done within 15 minutes and result in transparency of what the team will do for the next 24-hours. They are releasing software after every 2-week sprint. Visualising your work on a physical or electronic board?